Batt Appointed For Takasugi’s Spot

Gov. Butch Otter announced Friday that he chose Gayle Batt of Wilder to fill the House seat vacated by the passing of former Rep. Pat Takasugi, also a Republican from Wilder. Takasugi passed away Nov. 6 after a prolonged battle with cancer. His term ends in December 2012. Batt will be no stranger to the job when the Legislature meets for business beginning in January. She filled in for Takasugi  for the duration of the 2011 legislative session while he battled appendix cancer. She was instrumental in the passage of a reform to Idaho’s open records law/ Idaho Reporter . More here.